Okay, so I read through http://www.utoronto.ca/askastudent/aska2_colleges.htm and I still have a question. You said that Trinity is not for everyone, what do you really mean by that??
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You know, I was really tempted to reply, “I dunno dear, why don’t you tell me what does your question REALLY mean?” But then I considered the possibility that you might actually be — Heaven forbid — serious. So I guess I have to answer your question.
The post you linked was actually written by one of aska’s great-great-ancestors, but I can take a guess at what he or she meant when they said that Trinity college is not for everyone.
Trinity is not for everyone, just like Innis, St. Mike’s, or New College are not for everyone. The fact is, there is no college that is a perfect fit for everyone. With any college, there may be some factors (for example, the social atmosphere or the location or the architecture) that cause incoming students to feel uncomfortable and out-of-place in their own college. For Trinity, some issues that could bug incoming students might be the “elitism” (whether imagined or real), the traditions held there, or small even things like the size of the college or the fact that their friends went to other colleges.
The only way to really know if a college is ‘for you’ or not is to 1) visit the college and talk to the students there and see if you like the atmosphere, and then 2) actually make the decision to go there. I was just as confused as you when I made my decision; I decided to come to Innis – and it’s not always a perfect fit for me, but I’m enjoying my time here nonetheless. Should you discover that the college you initially chose isn’t the one that fits you, dear reader, you can always, always try to transfer colleges in second year. Got it? Good.
For more info on picking colleges (and more specifically, Trinity), consult one of my more recent posts.